werk it.

uncle pete

slim's uncle pete passed away last week.

pete was boot's little brother.

check out his obituary here.

pete, random guy & boot. 

i think that team was the atlanta crackers!

all i ever heard about uncle pete was how much fun he was.

i never got to meet him, but i did get to hang with his wife, lisa

this past weekend and that was a real treat.

rip, pete. xo

book club.

i am in a really fun book club.

the book club is a work-friend club & it's so

nice to hang with my colleagues outside of work. 

this month we read the last chinese chef

by nicole mones. i love this book.

the book is based in china and part of the focus is on

traditional chinese cusine- the other part is a mystery

involving death/adultery/passion & dna testing.

we decided to go with the theme & went to gu's bistro

a family owned dim sum restaurant on buford highway. 

we ordered 4 items & ate family style.

above is the duck. i had never had duck before, 

but jen read on yelp that the duck was the bomb.

everyone said it tasted like bacon (which i've never had)

and really enjoyed it.

i thought it was okay, but then i got a bad piece and it was over for me.

give it a try for yourself.

the cold noodles were my favorite.

the sesame, ginger & soy sauce was delicious.

i could have eaten the whole thing & slurped the sauce.

fried eggplant. it came out on fire- both in temp & spice!

tofu & veggies w/ special potatoes?!

yours truly with the chef, mr. gu!

my pic collage fav's.

i love my book club.

cup of cakes.

my buddy random me, emily posted this amazing looking

mini key lime pie.

i'm for sure going to makes these at the beach.

i love love love key lime pie & this

recipe is 6 ingredients & super easy.

the recipe is from your cup of cake.

check out these other delicious looking treats!

*i love scrabble pieces when used of the board!

take 5 cupcakes.

reese's pieces cup cakes.

almond joy cookie bars.

ready.

set.

bake!

finger injury.

here's our niece claire showing off her injured finger.

can't.stop.laughing.

landrie mae.

my soul sista christina had a baby!!

here's baby landrie & mom's 1st pic.

those lips. those eyelids. that nose. yum. 

5 days new baby girl. 

christina and her man tom sure have made a pretty baby.

christina is one of the most creative, loving & special

people i know. landrie mae is going to be a really cool kid.

congrats & mazels to my sweet little tina!

art show.

we had our annual art show this past weekend.

after a year of creating, the artists (ages 56-92) were ready to

show their community their amazing efforts.

it was very successful and we even had a few sales!

all of our artists were very proud of their masterpieces.

thanks to tara & jeff for coming out & showing their support! 

the master of watercolor, harvey.

harvey showed jim some of his other hobbies like

creating paper planes and flying real planes- he's 91!

levine team support!

my favorite art therapist the amazing tori tinsley!

boot bought jack's patriotic acrylic.

helen made an appearance!

my mom wanted this collage title the family dog

but unfortunately helen said it wasn't for sale:(

my favorite art creating couple.

checkout all these beautiful art giveaways!

the dooley's won 2 and lea levine won a jerry original.

me and maxine, my fabulous partner.

this is who i spend my tuesday mornings with,

the open studio at group.

special thanks to my fabulous cori for being the official photographer!

birthday girl.

special birthday shout-out to one of my favorite

loyal blog readers & overall rocking lady, d!

i hope you have the best birthday ever.

i'm so glad cori brought us together.

the great gatsby.

leo dicaprio & the great gatsby.

two of my favorite things from high school.

i will see this on christmas day!

rash guard.

slim & i went to rei and i bought this...

it's a carve designs rash guard. 

they're all the rage with the little ones.

 i like the idea of not having to reapply sunscreen to my chest 

and shoulders when playing on the beach or in the pool.

bring on the farmers tan! 

i also got this new bikini from the gap.

pinning madness.

a few of my recent pinterest favs...

turnip it up!

perfect eggs & peppers.

fruity nails!

i hope heather, clairebear & sue are 

ready to visit my nail salon at the beach!!

speaking of the beach...8 day countdown!!!

be.

funfetti.

we went to the party in the park at

centennial olympic park on saturday.

one of our fav's, the flaming lips were headlining.

we went to tara & jared's b4 the show

and i found jeff's birthday cupcakes... growing mold.

he said he was keeping them for sentimental value....

we found raffy & b but we weren't vip!

raffy & b- the bride and groom to be!

10.20.12

lil' loving from my tara jane.

jared & slim's birks. xoxo.

pre-show pep-talk.

raffy, tara, me & handsome jared. sigh.

blurrrrry smiles. 

that funfetti just never gets old.

it's so exciting & i always try to catch as much as i can.

i went home with a pocket full.

raffy & b.

slim's favorite song came on and he was SO happy.

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.

it was a perfect night. 

friends, funfetti, balloons & funfetti-filled-ballons.

the flaming lips are so much fun.

as are my girlfriends.